Cooloola sedge frog
| Cooloola sedge frog | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pelodryadidae |
| Genus: | Drymomantis |
| Species: | D. cooloolensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Drymomantis cooloolensis Liem, 1974 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Litoria cooloolensis — Liem, 1974 | |
The Cooloola sedge frog or Cooloola tree frog (Drymomantis cooloolensis) is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae.
It is endemic to Australia and only known from Fraser and North Stradbroke Islands, off south-eastern Queensland.[1][2]
Habitat
[edit]It inhabits sandy coastal and island freshwater lakes and wallum creeks, with a preference for dense reed beds. It is threatened by water extraction and pollution and by tramping of the reef beds. It occurs in the Great Sandy National Park.[1]
Ecology and Behaviour
[edit]The Cooloola sedge frog breeds during spring and summer, with males calling above and near lentic waterbodies.[3] Males appear to exhibit territorial behaviours where they have been observed, whilst calling, to wave their legs at each other before wrestling.[4]
Description
[edit]This amphibian's back is yellowish green, speckled with dark spots, and the hidden surfaces of its thighs are orange with a purple-brown stripe[1]. The belly is grainy and white in color.[5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Litoria cooloolensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2026-04-05.
- 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2026). "Drymomantis cooloolensis(Liem, 1974)". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.2. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2026-04-04.
- ↑ Cogger, Harold G. (2014). Reptiles & Amphibians of Australia. Collingwood, VIC: CSIRO Publishing. p. 164-165. ISBN 0643109781.
- ↑ Meyer, E.; Murray, K.A.; Hines, H.B. (2012). "Further observations of visual signalling in Australo-Papuan hylid frogs of the genus Litoria (Tschudi)". Australian Zoologist. 36 (1). CSIRO Publishing: 55–58. doi:10.7882/AZ.2012.006. Retrieved 2026-04-14.
- ↑ Rowland, J. 2012. Cooloola sedgefrog, Litoria cooloolensis. Targeted species survey guidelines. Queensland Herbarium, Department of Environment and Science, Brisbane.
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